STRONGS NUMBER H2500


Word Summary
cheleph: an exchange
Original Word: חֵלֶף
Transliteration: cheleph
Phonetic Spelling: (klay'-lef)
Part of Speech: noun masculine
Short Definition: an exchange
Meaning: exchange, instead of
Strong's Concordance
for

From chalaph; properly, exchange; hence (as preposition) instead of -- X for.

see HEBREW chalaph

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2500. cheleph

I. חֵ֫לֶףnoun [masculine] exchange, only construct, as preposition in return for (so הֲלַף‎, , common in Aramaic e.g. Genesis 4:23 ᵑ6 ᵑ7‎ for Hebrew תַּחַת‎) — ׳ח עֲבֹדָתָם‎ (עֲבֹדַתְכֶם‎) Numbers 18:21, 31 (both P).